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Manawatu Herald, 3 March 1894, Page 2

Tenders are' invited for cleaning the Foxton State School, to be in by noon of Saturday nextr The next English mail per s;s. "Gothic " closes at the local office on Tuesday. On Thursday a very pleasing event took place at the residence of Mr and Mrs Newth, Foxton, when their two eldest daughters were, married to the. men of their choice. The eldest daughter was united to Mr George Eidd, and the Beoond daughter to Mr Ernest Holbrook. After ihc cei'-mony th* youo» coup'ps wore drivoii oiii to'llolinii station and entered f.he rrain there for their new homes, Mr and Mrs Kidd for Hawera, and Mr and Mrs Holbrook for Pahnsrston. With their many friends, we unite in wishing these young people every happiness and prosperity. . . . '. Mr J. P. Maxwell, ouce the Autocrat of all the railways, has been writing to a Wellington paper upon th« Premier's assertion that he hoped the Eailway Commissioners would lower the tariff upon grain. Mr Maxwell states that the Premier is only endorsing the policy he (Maxwell) has advocated for. the last eighteen years! bat ho urged the reduction on all tariffs. To make any appreciable impression on all rates affecting end interesting producers will cost from £200,000 to £250,000. If this is taken off the earnings of the railways it will probably have to be found by. fresh taxation. On Thursday the Evening Press appeared under the control of new hands, its management having been changed from top to bottom. " The paper is now " so the assertion is made in its first leader " sincerely, thoroughly, and absolutely with and for the people." We trust the advocacy of these principles will meet with their reward. The Borough Council meets on.Monday. Tenders for various works close on that j day at noon. - i The Standard hears that. Mr B. Nioholl3 I,*=. curcl.a^d. on btl.a'f of Mr S. H. Goi'sn. the hack Pumau, at the good pnos it £225.

• . . i ' Bidding was; not brisk at the auction sale lat Shannon yesterday. Only three pens of I sheep were sold, under the hammer. ;■ Horses were at a discount, but the Alrbrnoy cows realised len guineas n, 'lead and <he younger stock in proportion. Feed round Shannon has been much destroyed | by the recent fires. . There ss au old saying that a fool and his :n->r y are soon pavto>l, and an exemplification of this was afforded in an occurrence on the race-course on Wednesday -ays the Standard. A country resident nir:de a good haul by lucky investments on the machine; and was antious to display his godd fortune to everybody by fiodrishinfi a bundle of notes before the crowd, j An hour or so afterwards he was made j painfully aware of the usefulness of ] Milner's motto " Safe bind, safe find" by discovering that (wo pockets hail been cut j away, and he was minus his cash, amounting to over £40. Sir Charles Dilke, Lieutenant-General Chesney.'Lord Spencer, and Messrs Forster and Wilkiuson have addressed letters to the leaders of the Government and the Opposition showing the dangers of the existing system of National defence, and irc'ifi:-: :i',fi!-. n single Slinistur should cr-mMae I- lit Secretaryship lo the Admiralty and War Oilice, with responsible military and navn.l advisers* who should also be the principal executive oiflcera in each branch of the service. Messrs Balfour and Chamberlain generally approve the scheme, which also meets with the support of the Unionist press.. At a meeting of those interested in the Liquor Trade at Otaki on Wednesday a very impartial committee whs proposed. When the movers have obtained the sanction of the gentlemen suggested their uaines will be published. From the names mentioned to us there certainly appears to have been no attempt to make a one-sided choice. The Premier left Wollingtonoa Wednesday raorniDtf on a visit to the Native settlements in Hits island. At Pahnerston he broke his journey and attended the Palmerston races, but whether he struck the big " divvy '' is not stated. Some one should have put him on. The Government is advertising for a piece of land in Otaki suitable for a Courthouse and police station. The best use of the money. At a meeting of the Levin Memorial Committee the resolution passed on the 10th October to the effect that a statue should be erected to the memory of Mr Levin was rescinded, and the following resolution was carried— That the funds be devoted to the establishment of a Cottage Home for friendless children, to be called the Levin Home for Friendless Ciiiklraii. At the last meeting of the Wellington Education Board, tho chairman was instructed to spend an amount up to £10 for the erection of a verandah to the teacher's residence at Shannou. Mr .Tunico Richmond was engaged on Tuesday at Wellington in hearing a civil ncticn brought hy Riddiford, of the Lower Hutt, to recover £200 damages from Win. Knight, of Pahnerston, for having thrown down a dividing fence between their respective properties in- the Manawatu district, such properties being separated by the Taonui stream. He also prayed that defendant bo ordered to reinstate the fence. Judgment was given for defendant, plaiutiff to pay full costs on middle scale. The British Consul at Calais is obtaining from Sir VV. B. Perceval details a3 to the cost of shipping frozen mutton, and the erection of cold store?, French butchers being desirous of experimenting in the trade. Poor old N.Z. Times. The Manawatu Times says :— The N Z. Times described the attendance at the Premier's meeting at Shannon on Friday week as " crowded." This was at the least a very fair stretch of imagination on the part of the reporter for the Ministerial journal. From very reliable authority we learn there wore only 53 persona present, including women and children, and counting tho Ministerial party, which comprised 8. In fact, only one 'half of the school building was us^d. for the meeting, anrl even that was by uj moans crowded. Our correspondent asserts tha affair was not a success. In the first place, the Shannon people were rather taken aback at the non arrival of the Premier by the morning train, and Mr Seddon in his turn was apparently disgusted at the poor attendance both at the meeting and banquet, and left again by the early train next day without giving those who had been instrumental in arranging for the visit a chance of directing the Premier's attention to the several urgent needs of the district. • The licensee of the Canterbury Hotel, Lyttelton, pleaded guilty to having 332 uncustomed cigars in his possession on February sth and was fined £50 and costs. The flag which Lord Onslow presents to the Natives, is of extraordinary size, being about 24ft in length by 12ft in breadth, and the name of " Huia," in red, stands out very conspicuously in the oentral bar of white. On the sth of January a London correspondent wrote to a contemporary that there is no New Zealand butter at all in the market just now, but the Ruapehu with a fresh consignment is txpeoted on Monday. Prices have a tendenoy to rise, partly on account of the severe weather experienced here since last Tuesday, Danish batter has gone up|two kroners, and the prices of colonial butter generally are hardening. The Otago Daily Times Home correspondent wrijts : --Sir Walter Bullor, who haa for some time past been coutemplating a visit to New Zealand, ua3 engaged cabins for himself and Miss Buller on board the Doric, which leaves on the 18ih inst., being due at Wellington on March 5. Taking advantage of Sir Walter Buller's return, Lord Onslow is sending to the chiefs of the Ngatihui tribe a reply to the address which they forwarded to him in February last. The reply is beautifully and richly illuminated, and is enclosed in a frame mide of oak from the earl's estate, .The secretary to the Wellington Harbour Board (Mr Win- Fergusson) in his annual report to the Board, states that the shipping returns show that 174^ more steamers arrived during 1893 than in the previous year, being an increase of 70,694 tons, whilst the sailing ships have deoreased 34 in number and 22,653 in ton nage, or a net increase in number*) of 170 vessels and in tonnage of 48,036 tons. The number of steamers in the United Kingdom trade arriving during the year was 52 of 139,437 tons, or slightly lea 3 than the arrivals of the previous year (56 of 156,194 tons), but still far ahead of any former year, the arrivals in 1891 having been only 38 steamers of 105,771 tons. The intercolonial trade shows a large increase in the number of steamers, being for 1893 154 of 194,220 tons, as compared with 131 of 169,871 tons in 1892 and 127 of 146,530 tons id 1891. New Zealand coastal steamers also show an increar-e, them having hepn 1.920 a-riv.ils in 13^3 of 542.062 tons as compared with I,7CS of 439,511 tons in the previous year.

Roberts, when playing in London against Mcmmott in a game of 20,000 up made a record break of 248 entirely off cannou?Telephone oftiees are now open at Shannon, Lovin, and Manakau. j Mr Lindsay lias served a writ on the N.Z Times claiming £000 for libel. The Times intends to defend it. Parliament is very seldom considered by pure Liberals. The Premier urges the railway Commissioners to reduce rates, and desires them to understand that his sanction is sufficient, yet Parliament imagined they had set up Commissioners to prevent t'hn railways being interfered with by politicians, News from the New Hebrides Group j states that the tribal wars still continue on I the Island of Tanua. The Parisian Senate, by a large majority, lias adopted the duty on corn. At a large gathering at Naseby of Mr Scobie Mackenzie's supporters and others i he was presented with a gold chronometer and Mrs Mackenzie with a piano. The Railway Commissioners cannot see their way to delay the Foxton train on \ Tui'sclay night, and unless other arrangements can be made tho porfarmance iv Pahnerston iv aid of the local hospital by the Foxton amateurs will not take place. Yesterday at Wellington two charges of criminal libel were before tne S.M. — one against the proprietors of Fair PUijfas a whole, and one against Arthur McKeo, a j member of the firm who owns the paper. ' Both were in respect of a paragraph from the Licensed Victuallers' Gazette, and reprinted by Fair Play, which Mr D. Gain, ex-President of the Prohibition League, alleges reflects on him. Both cases were adjourned for a week. At a meeting of the Wanganui Education Board on Thursday, the three members. Messrs Baker, Sanson and Hurley were re elected. The great realising sale lasting for 20 days promises to be a gigantic success. The whole stock is to be ottered at genuine reduced prices many of the lines will be marked at less than English cost at Ye Aro House, Wellington. During the Great Sa'e Ladies' aprons will be sold at 4^d. 4 buttons Kid gloves all new fresh goods at 1/11 per pair. White and cream laces at 9d per doz. Ladies' linen collars new shapes at 3d each. Boys' sailor collars at 3d each, sold everywhere at 6d, at the Great Sale Te Aro House, Wellington. It will pay country customers to take a run down to the Great Realising Sale they will save all the expenses and be money in pocket by buying all they want while goods are so cheap. Order? from the country will be carefully selected and sent carriage paid from the Great Realising Sale at Te Aro House. We are requested to direct the attention of our readers to the fact that the Annual Sale of Surplus and Summer Stock will commence at The Bon Marche, Palmerston North, on Saturday, 13th January, and continue for 21 days. Buyers in this district will do well to pay the Bon Marchi an early visit.